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| Liveritte, Rudy H. | 1 |
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Peer reviewedChrist, Henry I. – ETC: A Review of General Semantics, 1971
Maintains that we are contained in boxes-- classifications of language,. . . pigeonholes in which we neatly file reality." (Author/RD)
Descriptors: Attitude Change, Conceptual Schemes, Language Role, Psycholinguistics
Peer reviewedLiveritte, Rudy H. – ETC: A Review of General Semantics, 1971
Descriptors: Anxiety, Attitudes, Death, Language Role
Peer reviewedStelzner, Hermann G.; Murphy, Edward – ETC: A Review of General Semantics, 1973
Reports on an examination of the annual reports of more than 250 corporations listed among "Fortune Magazine's" top 500. (TO)
Descriptors: Communication (Thought Transfer), Information Dissemination, Language Role, Persuasive Discourse
Peer reviewedMuskat-Tabakowska, E. – ETC: A Review of General Semantics, 1970
Descriptors: English Literature, Language Role, Literary Criticism, Logic
Peer reviewedVollmer, Harold F. – ETC: A Review of General Semantics, 1973
Suggests that much of the irrational and unprogressive behavior characterizing the present age is caused by the nature of language and the manner in which it is used. (TO)
Descriptors: Communication (Thought Transfer), Communication Problems, Futures (of Society), Language Role
Peer reviewedCatton, William R., Jr. – ETC: A Review of General Semantics, 1973
Warns that we cannot mask the facts about man's relation to the biosphere by learning to say the right things to each other. (TO)
Descriptors: Environmental Education, Futures (of Society), Language Role, Language Usage
Peer reviewedBlack, John A. – ETC: A Review of General Semantics, 1972
Purpose of this study was to determine whether instruction in general semantics would reduce ethnic prejudice in high school students and to create a course of study that would cause such a reduction of ethnic prejudice. (Author/MB)
Descriptors: Association (Psychology), Data Analysis, Grade 11, High School Students
Peer reviewedMores, Kaye – ETC: A Review of General Semantics, 1972
Author's discussion is based on the following assumptions: (1) the greater the degree of correspondence between the student's language and his world, the greater are his chances for sanity and survival; and (2) creativity consists of seeing new relationships, forming new organizations, or building new cognitive structures. (Author/MB)
Descriptors: Abstract Reasoning, Creative Development, Creative Teaching, Discussion (Teaching Technique)
